He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.
-James Joyce
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
Quotations
Music
Tragedy absorbs the highest musical ecstasies, and thus brings music to a state of true perfection.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Music gives color to the air of the moment.
-Karl Lagerfeld
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons. You will find it is to the soul what a water bath is to the body.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
-Richard M. Nixon
Music can change the world because it can change people.
-Bono
Music defines us, for it shapes our souls and minds.
-Jessica Carroll
A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.
-Rob Sheffield
"Love is a Mix Tape"
Music is the art of thinking with sounds.
-Jules Combarieu
Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.
-David Levithan
"How They Met and Other Stories"
